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Busy working on high-budget Telugu period-drama "Rudhramadevi", southern actress Aditi Chengappa is simultaneously working on multi-lingual film "X" and says she agreed to do the indie movie because she prefers "quality over quantity"
"X" is being directed by eleven filmmakers - Abhinav Shiv Tiwari, Anu Menon, Hemant Gaba, Pratim D. Gupta, Q, Raja Sen, Rajshree Ojha, Sandeep Mohan, Sudhish Kamath, Suparn Verma and Gautham Vasudev Menon. She is wowed by the creativity brought forth by the independent filmmakers to the project.
"I think what makes independent filmmakers brilliant is their creativity and resourcefulness. It is far more challenging, and I have a lot of respect for them. The crew seemed more like a group of my friends. We had a fantastic time shooting, no ego, no fuss, just hardworking and enthusiastic filmmaking.
Despite knowing "X" is an independent project and might have a limited release, Aditi signed the film because for her "it's always been quality over quantity".
"I'm aware that it may not have a wide release, however what satisfies me is that I'm part of a very classy and intelligent filmmaking process, honestly a dream come true."
Aditi, who has starred in southern films such as "Konjam Koffee Konjam Kadhal" and "Takita Takita", is cast opposite Rajat Kapoor in "X".
"It was a pleasure working with Rajat, who is so talented and respected and yet down to earth. I was nervous initially, but he broke the ice and made things comfortable with his great sense of humoUr on the sets," Aditi said.
She further added: "I admire his presence of mind in every moment. His attention to details in each performance and situation is impeccable."
Aditi, who calls this exercise of collaborating and working "a unique concept", has been shooting for her part for over the past few days. The part featuring her is being directed by Sudhish Kamath.
"X", being produced by Manish Mundra, is slated to release later this year.


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After noticing that Yojimbo and Che have their monopoly of logs, aside from replying or a few PMs here or there, I don't have much presence on these forums. I decided it was high time that I start having a quick post/recap of times and dates of completed runs along the same lines as Questors gotta do. Logs themselves won't be posted because that would eat up too much bandwidth and space.
Since I was never actually a Questor and as such, never had access to the Questor boards as a mortal, but was given echo and told to do runs, I'll be covering those I did as a pseudo-Questor as well.
I'll only be doing small summaries of the jobs as this is mostly for players to know whether an imm-run has happened recently or not. Longer descriptions as I feel they are necessary.
Anywhere there are large periods of nothing happening can be attributed to college, being busy, making up ideas, or low MUD population, since that last one tends to happen at certain periods at least once a year, regularly.
Log of runs:
[6/23/2010] Runners are hired for wetwork on a politician. Runners mostly do legwork and planning phase. Part 1 of 'Rayford' run
[6/24/2010] Part 2 of 'Rayford' run. Runners opt out of assassination and instead go after the client of their J? More legwork and planning.
[6/25/2010] Part 3 of 'Rayford' run. Runners breach the client's house and cause a ruckus. Their new target is dead. J hires another team to kill the politician.
[7/8/2010] Attempts to start 'Emerson' retrieval run go awry from a lack of players. I instead begin planning a run of a different sort.
[7/17/2010] Team is hired to do 'something' on the metaplanes. Thunderfeet and six-shooters abound in this cowpunk plane. Team fights off bandits and gets to the local watering hole. Part 1 of 'The Good, The Bad, And The Furry' metaplane run.
[7/18/2010] Part 2 of 'The Good, The Bad, And The Furry' metaplane run. Team runs into Scalphunter Sam, who is definitely not a ripoff of Yosemite Sam because we don't want to get sued. Tarnation and hooplah abound.
[11/27/2010] I attempt to start up the 'Equinox' metaplane run, but scheduling conflicts causes it to fall through after the first day. Might eventually start this one up again, but probably not.
[12/28/2010] A 'newbie' run is started with a group of three participating. Forced-extraction run, with the group having to kidnap a scientist in a far-off research outpost in the northern area of Canada in the UCAS. Part 1 of 'Estelle' run.
[12/29/2010] Part 2 of 'Estelle' run. Group 'sneaks' very loudly through the HVAC system, setting off alarms the entire way. The group gets to their target eventually and discovers that non-lethal armaments, unarmed skill, or clubs skill may be necessary if you are kidnapping someone. 2 out of 3 are almost unconscious when the fighting stops (even with F-I-M modifiers) with the target finally being knocked out. Group runs into 'Scissorhands', but manages to evade him since his highest speed is 'just enough to spook the newbies a little until a confrontation is necessary' [AKA, slow walk]. Group fires at him, discovering that a cyberzombie is a fearsome entity for a reason as his pecs deflect the shotgun slug (the highest-caliber weapon the group had on them). Group runs back to cargo plane. Group has their pilot begin take off as 'Scissorhands' breaks the ramp to be stuck open as fighting starts. 'Scissorhands' is found to still reflect blows off his pecs until one newbie manages to knock him back and off the ramp, where falling damage cares little for armouring. 'Scissorhands' survives the fall, but the group gets away and paid.
[1/30/2011] Part 1 of 'Rolf' run, but schedules cause it to never be finished. Group travelled to Pomorya to play as bodyguards. Client is disabled and the group chases the assassin. Run stopped there and was never continued.
[6/4/2011] Group began 'Geists, Ghouls, and Loup-Garou, Oh my!' run, but scheduling causes it to fall through.
[6/22/2011] Attempts to start 'Train Job' fall through.
[6/24/2011] Group is tasked by a talismonger to retrieve her stolen grimoire from a gang. The two involved do so without a hitch. 'Wiccan Book' run
[7/4/2011] Group heads to the metaplanes again. This time, heading to 'Throne' where the group takes part in various Renaissance Faire-esque type feats of skill and sorcery. Much drinking and feasting is to be had. Part 1 of 'Throne' metaplane run.
[7/5/2011] Part 2 of 'Throne' metaplane run. Group continues the fights/feats of skill.
[7/6/2011] Part 3 of 'Throne' metaplane run. Group finishes the fights and get paid whilst also feasting and drinking. Much fun is to be had.
[7/18/2011] Group of four begin 'The Most Dangerous Game', which takes place on an island within a mana dead zone, where magic of any kind ceases to work. As 4 out of the 4 characters involved are overpowered to begin with, this was more to test their ingenuity rather than their firepower. Group was kidnapped and tossed onto the island to pretty much do a 'SR-version' of the book. Group steps out of bunker and immediately is attacked by a panther, which eventually leaves them alone as the creature finds an easier meal from one of the hunting dogs that were also attacking the group. Vile rolls botany, with his wound modifiers causing him to rub poisonous plants on his cuts. The modifiers go away from the numbness for several game hours before he finally succumbs to symptoms and the group rests in a cave. As he was the only one with survival, this was necessary. Part 1.
[7/19/2011] Part 2 of 'Most Dangerous Game'. Team sets up in a defensible area and waits out the hunters. Group manages to take down a team with weaponry using sticks and stones. Also, ambushing.
[7/20/2011] Part 3 of 'Most Dangerous Game'. As the team wasn't moving, the entire force comes on them this time, using their helicopter with a mounted gun. Urthor finds that not every runner makes a useful missile weapon, first as he tosses one onto the skiffs and then almost manages to throw Vile into the tail rotor. Did I mention that only Vile knew how to fly helicopters? Sid (the one on the skiff) manages to kung-fu kick both the pilot and the gunner out of the helicopter and makes one of the most difficult default rolls ever, steadying the helicopter. The rest of the group jump on after defeating the force of enemies and then head for the camp on the GPS. Retrieving their weapons and a cache of money, they then head home.
[9/25/2011] Group is hired to steal some cargo off of a truck in transit. Urthor happens, causing the truck to get knocked off the highway and explode on the pavement below. 'Smith Cargo Grab' run.
[10/13/2011] Team is hired to falsify some data on the LoneStar host. After stealing some clothes and disguising one of their group, the team manage to get to a spot and spoof their way onto the host, changing the data with no problem. Their getaway becomes fubar'd and they 'cheese it' outta there. The getaway is successful.
[10/14/2011] Team is hired to save a joygirl by her pimp. Goes off without a hitch. 'Archbishop Don Magic Juan' run.
[12/26/2011] Attempts to begin 'Hong Run' fall through.
[1/16/2012] 'Geists, Ghouls, And Loup-Garou, Oh My!' is started again and works this time. Group arrive at an abandoned mansion that has had 'strange' happening occur every leap year. Coincidentally, the group are there ICly on Feb 28th, near nightfall. Group run into the shitty SyFy series 'Ghost Hunter'-esque types that are there for filming. After the first night, one of the four NPCs are dead because they were stupid. Strangely enough, the runners did not kill them even though they were annoying. Part 1.
[1/30/2012] Part 2 of 'G,G&L-G,OM!' starts up after a long period. Group continues the investigations as time ticks by.
[2/3/2012] Part 3 of 'G,G&L-G,OM!' begins. Group begins fight with the cause of the 'weirdness' going on in the mansions.
[2/9/2012] Part 4 of 'G,G&L-G,OM!' begins. Group finishes the fight by using the oft-unused tactic in RPGs: Fleeing. The cause escapes the 'curse' the group managed to break on the place unknowingly, which lets a horde of ghouls and loup-garou loose on northern Seattle. The job's finished, but the story is To Be Continued.
[2/24/2012] Group does 'Train Job'. The two find the object their J wanted, and break the coupling on the tailing car so it simply coasts to a stop. Little trouble on this one.
[2/25/2012] Group starts 'Emerson' run. Group is tasked with retrieving a captive from a research outpost. Group manages to breach the exterior gates. Part 1.
[2/26/2012] Part 2 of 'Emerson' run. Group runs into second sighting of 'Scissorhands'. Laser beams to the face care little for cyberskulls. The runners pull off the rest of the run without a hitch. Hours later, I realize that I forgot about one of his pieces of 'ware, so he survived to terrorize runners in later runs to come.
[7/15/2012] Group is hired to delete some damning evidence off a terminal. The team of two do some quick legwork. Part 1 of 'Jensen' run.
[7/16/2012] Group is hired by Lone Star to help with a hostage rescue situation. Team happens to be high-powered runners, so it should go smoothly. Fighting starts with Vile jump-kicking the hostage in the face through a window, and ends with all but one of the kidnappers dead or captured (mostly dead). 'Hostage for Gordon' run.
[7/17/2012] Part 2 of 'Jensen' run. The team of two manage to break into the apartment and do the rest of the job without a hitch.
[8/9/2012] Group begins 'Investigation' run. Heading to a nearby town that recently 'went off the map', so to speak, they find what amounts to a ghost town when they arrive, with the place looking like large-scale fights happened. Two of the four unknowingly fall prey to what caused this immediately. The group kills the only survivor seen so far immediately (he kinda was firing on them, but with weapons that weren't breaching their armour)
[8/10/2012] Part 2 of 'Investigation' run. The two that were 'infected' of the group begin distrusting the others without any real prompting from the GM, aside from careful descriptions and 'Well, what do you think?' questions. One thinks the only awakened character present became infected with an invae spirit, and as the group didn't really know the rules on it, they think it really happened. Paranoia abounds.
[8/11/2012] Part 3 of 'Investigation' run. Three of the four group members have succumbed to the paranoia gas that has spread through the entire town, and after finding a crashed tanker truck with a ruptured tank, everyone present thinks nothing of it and doesn't check the paperwork that was detailing the cargo and instead goes to torture and interrogate the second 'survivor' they managed to find. The group begins bickering and in-fighting, with only three of the four now conscious and alert. The fourth never succumbs to the gas as he was a rigger that stayed miles outside of town in his EnviroSealed truck, using drones to check out the place. As the only 'sane' team member present, but through a drone, he could not verify all the 'astral' presences, but only 'knew' of them through the other, hallucinating team members. The run ends with the two splitting up, then hallucinating and running into each other again, firing on one another unknowingly. After getting cleaned up, they report to the J and get payment.
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[9/14/2012] Group begins 'Kidnapping' run. Tasked with kidnapping a target for ransom, the group arrives at the location to find that their target for 'kidnapping' is actually a kid. Some quick thinking by stunbolting the kid's dog with them to get 'help' for the 'puppy' (actually a very dangerous, full-grown breed for guarding, and the child was alone and fully believed them to be 'nice people'). Part 1.
[9/16/2012] Part 2 of 'Kidnapping' run. Group fights off the father's extraction team of runners they hired. After fully creating a situation where the father might have paid, the group gets cold feet and guilt, so they return the kid without incident by dumping her in front of the original building. Urthor causes a 100 car pileup of Rube Goldberg proportions when cutting off several cars that causes several collisions, killing both the kid's father and her dog, too. Team beats feet outta there.
[9/23/2012] Personal run: Metaplane Astral Quest run. The duo finish it without a hitch. 'Virtuoso' run.
[2/2/2013] Personal run: Metaplane Astral Quest run. Duo begin it. 'Alice' run.
[2/3/2013] Part 2 of 'Alice' Personal run: Metaplane Astral Quest run. Duo complete it.
[4/5/2013] Attempts to start 'Geists, Ghouls, And Loup-Garou, Oh My 2! GEIST HARDER' fall through from scheduling, normal reasons, etc.
[6/29/2013] Personal run: Metaplane Astral Quest run. Duo begin it. 'GUReese Monster' run.
[7/7/2013] Part 2 of 'GUReese Monster' Personal run. Duo continue.
[7/14/2013] Part 3 of 'GUReese Monster' Personal run. Duo complete it.
[11/17/2013] Personal run: 'Paradyne Industries'. Part 1
[11/20/2013] Part 2 of 'Paradyne Industries' Personal run.
[11/22/2013] Part 3 of 'Paradyne Industries' Personal run.
[11/23/2013] Part 4 of 'Paradyne Industries' Personal run.
[11/24/2013] Part 5 of 'Paradyne Industries' Personal run.
[11/25/2013] Part 6 of 'Paradyne Industries' Personal run.
[2/15/2014] Group begins 'Mr Scratch' run. Group is hired to beat up a target that has yet to pay back the J's loan. Group heads to the target's location, with half immediately starting a fight with a local gang. One is downed while the second flees after stealing the first's truck. Part 1.
[2/17/2014] Part 2 of 'Mr Scratch' run. The two remaining runners complete the job by running into the target in a local park. As they were told to make it public, the two immediately begin dishing out punishment in the form of broken bones and shattered ribs. The two take payment meant for four, getting the rest as a bonus.
[8/1/2014] Part 1 of 'Simple Delivery Run' The group is tasked with driving a GMC Bulldog to Cal-Free. Ten feet after starting the drive, the van is almost wrecked by swerving into oncoming traffic. The rest of the drive is somewhat uneventful.
[8/2/2014] Part 2 of 'Simple Delivery Run' The group finds vehicular manslaughter to be an acceptable form of punishment for lane hogs. They stop at a food joint for a quick bite to eat.
[10/10/2014] One and only part of 'Vic the Slick's Embezzlement Run' The two are hired to find out whether a client accused of embezzlement charges is innocent or not. The main decker breezes through the security of the poor corp's host and ghosts in and out without anyone the wiser.
[9/26/2015] Starting up again! First part of 'Jail Break' run. Group had their briefing and worked out ways of extracting their target.
[3/4/2016] Bunraku Breakout Part 1. Party infiltrates the target area and figures out their point of entry.
[3/11/2016] Bunraku Breakout Final part. Party power-murders their way through the parlor, leaving no survivors aside from their extraction targets.
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OCEAN CITY – Ocean City Volunteer Fire Company (OCVFC) President James Jester said Saturday he has drafted a written rebuttal to last week's interview with City Manager Dennis Dare.
The OCVFC and the town are currently in a transition period. Both sides agree fire service in Ocean City needs to come under the auspices of the town's emergency services department. Details on exactly how that will be done have become a sticking point in recent months, particularly after Dare drafted a series of "talking points," which OCVFC brass declared out of the question. However, when that document surfaced in the media last week, a firestorm has surrounded the OCVFC and the city.
In last week's interview, Dare reiterated his support for the OCVFC, however he said the direction of fire service in Ocean City is going to change in the near future. He said that much is certain.
"I can't emphasize enough that I do support the volunteer fire company. We need a viable volunteer fire company, but we are in transition," Dare said. "My goal is to make them as viable as possible. We do not want to be an all-paid fire company. We want a good combination department and my vision would be that the paid guys are going to show up at the alarm bells at the Plim Plaza … If there's a serious fire in the laundry room, then the volunteers will come in. The volunteers want to fight fires, they don't want to be doing paperwork and responding to false alarms."
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While I admire many ethics in world religions and went to Christian churches as a child,
I am foremost a humanist. I recently wrote a ten verse (aka stanza) poem titled "Spark" for idealists and humanists, and I hope it will be well received.
Since childhood, I have found contentment in the great sense of humanity that shines throughout the works of William Shakespeare, so I decided to write my poem in the iambic pentameter metrical form that he often used. Iambic pentameter poetry is pleasant to hear and recite, and I chose an "aabb" rhyme scheme for each verse. Poetry is very enjoyable to write because it is creative and challenging, and I encourage everyone to try it.
Webster's Dictionary defines humanism as "1. A philosophy or attitude centered chiefly on the values, interests, and potential of human beings. 2. The shift to secular concerns that resulted from the study of Greek and Roman classics during the Renaissance."
It's very true that humanity's continuing departure from supernatural ideas has led to a greater sense of self-awareness and responsibility in our natural world of reality. Now that we have come so much closer to that essential self-awareness, I hope we will use it to build better global societies that aim to better celebrate and enhance each human life on Earth.
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I met Tim and Mike at The Gage (LOVE that place!) and we talked about life for well over an hour. I was so moved by our chat, I called family and friends that afternoon and told them how much I loved them. I reminded them how fortunate we all really are and about my renewed perspective. Mike can't even scratch his own nose, and yet he finds meaning, purpose and gratitude for life.
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Organizing and Globalizing the Scholarly Teaching of History
For as long as history has been practiced, historians have thought about how to present their scholarship to peers, students, and the public. In recent decades, developments in several nations have directed such thinking toward increasingly systematic study of how teachers teach and how students learn history. In November 2006, a group of historians met in Washington, D.C., to found the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in History. This essay traces the international developments that led to the society's formation and invites readers to take part in an important new field of historical scholarship.
Converging International Developments
A variety of factors have induced historians in many nations to pay increasing attention to the teaching and learning of history. In the 1960s and 1970s, they began to share teaching strategies in periodicals such as The History Teacher (published by the Society for History Education since 1967), Teaching History (the Historical Association, London, 1969), and Teaching History: A Journal of Method (Emporia State University, 1976). In the 1980s and 1990s, the British government provided substantial funding to encourage "enterprise and innovation" in higher education. That resulted in the establishment of 24 national subject centers dedicated to discipline-specific pedagogic development. The Australian Federal Government sought to improve teaching and learning on a nationwide basis by tying some Commonwealth funding to research that produced verifiable results—an effort that produced primarily generic, university-level initiatives. In the United States, a series of studies over the past two decades have highlighted student ignorance of history and prompted both calls for reform and federally funded programs. In all three countries, debates over representations of national pasts have grown increasingly publicized, politicized, and polarized, thereby keeping the teaching of history in the news.1
The decade of the 1990s witnessed a growing impulse among academics to conceptualize teaching as a scholarly activity in its own right. A handful of educational psychologists began to publish analyses of the cognitive activities involved in historical thinking and writing. With the publication of Ernest Boyer's Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate (1990) and of Robert B. Barr and John Tagg's "From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education" (1995), a new field of "the scholarship of teaching and learning" (SoTL) coalesced around a central notion that practitioners within a discipline were the most competent to conceptualize pedagogic methods and to assess learning achievements.2 The American Historical Association participated in a nationwide effort to create Preparing Future Faculty programs, and the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning provided a venue for two cohorts of historians to articulate programmatic issues related to SoTL in history. In London, the government-funded Subject Centre for History, Classics, and Archeology began to host an annual conference on "History in Higher Education" that drew participants first from the United Kingdom and eventually from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Sweden.
By the turn-of-the-century, the various journals, government initiatives, and scholarly gatherings had produced several parallel networks of historians seeking to understand and improve history instruction. Nationally organized discussions, which had generally developed in isolation, began to cross borders to incorporate the concepts and terminology of scholars, primarily among English-speaking nations. Seeds sown in the previous decade flowered in the publication of several programmatic essays and essay collections that not only shared effective teaching strategies but also systematically collected and examined evidence of student learning.3 This growing body of theory began to inform the work of historians on projects designed to help define the genre of course portfolios, to explore the impact of technology on history learning, to articulate the pedagogical methods most applicable to history teaching, and to identify the requisite mental operations for enhancing student performance in historical reasoning.4 Gradually, historians around the world began to accept two fundamental principles of history education—the idealization of discipline-based knowledge and the imperative for evidence-supported conclusions.
A New International Society
Converging networks of scholars and scholarship prompted a desire among higher education historians to create more formalized mechanisms for multi-national collaboration. Annual meetings of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL)—in Bloomington, Indiana (2004) and Vancouver, Canada (2005)—provided settings for historians to meet in person and to explore the possibilities for societal organization, transnational communication, and promotion of the emerging field. After an unsuccessful attempt to engage the Comité International des Sciences Historiques (CISH) and several energizing discussions at the eighth annual "History in Higher Education" conference at Oxford University, Geoff Timmins of the University of Central Lancashire was appointed to coordinate plans to organize a formal international society. In the meantime, David Pace, Leah Shopkow, and Arlene Diaz secured funding from the Dean of Faculties Office of Indiana University to create a web site and electronic newsletter that immediately became a part of efforts to create an international web presence.5
At the November 2006 ISSOTL conference in Washington, D.C., Timmins, Pace, Shopkow, Alan Booth, Sean Brawley, T. Mills Kelly, and Keith A. Erekson drew up the plans for a loosely defined organization run by a steering committee with the input of an advisory committee. A special luncheon for all historians attending the conference served to inaugurate the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in History (ISSoTLH).
ISSoTLH seeks to foster community, to build capacity, and to promote the work of historians throughout the world interested in the teaching and learning of history. Membership in the society is free and entitles members to participate in an online conversation forum and to receive an electronic newsletter highlighting developments, trends, and projects in history SoTL. Currently the rolls contain over 200 historians from the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Israel, Japan, and Sweden.
The society web site serves as an interactive location for public sharing of information and ideas. A bibliography is being mounted that contains descriptions of the field and will soon employ Web 2.0 technology to allow members to contribute to a collectively maintained, searchable archive of all scholarship relevant to history teaching and learning. The site contains brief summaries of research projects, course syllabi, and departmental programs, and lists scholars willing to give presentations or to serve as external reviewers for journals, publishing houses, or tenure and promotion committees. For the present time, the society will meet in conjunction with conferences sponsored by ISSOTL and by national historical associations, with the next meeting scheduled for July 2007 in Sydney, Australia.
The steering committee of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in History invites readers of Perspectives to join the society today by visiting www.indiana.edu/~histsotl.
—Keith A. Erekson serves on the steering committee and as managing editor of the newsletter of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in History.
1. The inaugural issue of History SoTL Newsletter 1 (January 2007) chronicles the rise of historians' interest in history teaching in three nations: Alan Booth, "The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning History in Britain," Sean Brawley, "The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning History in Australia," and David Pace, "The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning History in the United States," http://www.indiana.edu/~histsotl/blog/about-the-society/newsletter/v1n1. See also Matthew T. Downey and Fritz Fischer, "Responding to the Winds of Change in History Education." The History Teacher 34:1 (November 2000); Robert Orrill and Linn Shapiro, "From Bold Beginnings to an Uncertain Future: The Discipline of History and History Education." American Historical Review 110:3 (June 2005).
2. Ernest L. Boyer, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate (Princeton, N.J.: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Education, 1990); Robert B. Barr and John Tagg, "From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education," Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 27:6 (Nov–Dec 1995), 13–25.
3. Among the important programmatic essays are Lendol Calder, William W. Cutler III, and T. Mills Kelly, "History Lessons: Historians and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning," in Disciplinary Styles in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Exploring Common Ground, ed. Mary Taylor Huber and Sherwyn P. Morreale (Washington, D.C.: American Association for Higher Education and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2002), 45–67; David Pace, "The Amateur in the Operating Room: History and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning," American Historical Review 109:4 (October 2004), 1171–91; Alan Booth, "Rethinking the Scholarly: Developing the Scholarship of Teaching in History," Arts & Humanities in Higher Education 3 (October 2004), 247‑66. Significant collections include Gaea Leinhardt, Isabel L. Beck, and Catherine Stainton, Teaching and Learning in History (Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1994); Alan Booth and Paul Hyland, eds., History in Higher Education: New Directions in Teaching and Learning (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1996); James F. Voss and Mario Carretero, eds., Learning and Reasoning in History, vol. 2. (London: Woburn Press, 1998); Booth and Hyland, eds., The Practice of University History Teaching (Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2000); Peter N. Stearns, Peter Seixas, and Sam Wineburg, eds., Knowing, Teaching, and Learning History: National and International Perspectives (New York: New York University Press, 2000); Sam Wineburg, Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2001). Two volumes that synthesize these findings are Booth, Teaching History at University: Enhancing Learning and Understanding (London: Routledge, 2003) and Geoff Timmins, Keith Vernon, and Christine Kinealy, Teaching and Learning History (London: Sage Publications, 2005).
4. Daniel Bernstein, Amy Nelson Burnett, Amy Goodburn, and Paul Savory, Making Teaching and Learning Visible: Course Portfolios and the Peer Review of Teaching (Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing, 2006); Michael Coventry, Peter Felten, David Jaffee, Cecilia O'Leary, and Tracey Weis, with Susannah McGowan, "Ways of Seeing: Evidence and Learning in the History Classroom," Journal of American History Vol. 92:4 (March 2006), pp.1371–1402; Lendol Calder, "Uncoverage: Toward a Signature Pedagogy for the History Survey," The Journal of American History 92:4 (March 2006); David Pace and Joan Middendorf, eds., Decoding the Disciplines: Helping Students Learn Disciplinary Ways of Thinking, Vol. 98, New Directions in Teaching and Learning (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004).
5. Geoff Timmins, "Formation of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in History," History SoTL Newsletter 1 (January 2007); Sean Brawley, "Teaching and Learning History," History Australia (forthcoming 2007); David Pace, "The Globalization of History Teaching through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning," Arts & Humanities in Higher Education (forthcoming 2007).
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Louisiana rapper Webbie may be known to many as the artist behind the trio of Savage Life albums and singles including "Give Me That" and "This Is What I Do," but according to the emcee he may soon be known for his sermons.
While appearing on Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club this week, Webbie discussed a variety of topics and even referred to himself as a preacher halfway through the interview. He also went on to reveal that he's already appeared in front of two churches and although he may not be a certified preacher, he still considers himself one.
"I think I'm a preacher man. I talked in front of two churches," Webbie disclosed. "What they give you to certify a preacher? Well, look here, I ain't go to no school and I'm a preacher. Certified."
On top of speaking in front of two separate churches, Webbie also provided words of encouragement to incarcerated rapper Lil Boosie. According to Webbie, he once spoke to Boosie about God's will and stated that being in prison may have protected the rapper against something far worse.
"God good man. God real," said Webbie. "Like back to my brother, Lil Boosie, it's crazy and you'll never know unless you the person, but I told him. I said it, I said 'Man, you gon' be straight.' I said 'God put you in there for a reason. To protect you bruh. Cause he's probably saying you would've got killed or something or something else was gon' happen. You gon' be straight.'"
Despite Webbie's newfound interest, over the past couple of years the rapper has found himself in the middle of a handful of legal maladies. Just last year Webbie was accused of kicking a woman down a flight of stairs although the incident was later labeled "a misunderstanding."
Video of Webbie's interview with The Breakfast Club can be found below (via XXL Magazine).
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Petunia Pickle Bottom co-founders DeNai and Braden share an incredible tour of their home and design style. Keep an eye out for the school map of the United States, the oversized Chinese ceremonial mask and the mushroom collection. Without question, I could live here and feel well traveled, educated and at peace. Beautiful job, guys! If you want to learn more about PPB, check out our designer interview. Enjoy!
Maybe it's the fact that in my professional life vibrant color and pattern are my signature style at Petunia Pickle Bottom that make my personal life at home a monochromatic world. My rule of thumb when putting together a room usually begins with one object. I am a fan of flea markets or something with a little history. So when I begin to style a room, it is usually a unique found object that sparks my imagination.
Our home was built in the 1920's and still has a considerable amount of the original details. Our family room is where we like to hang out by the fireplace, read books to the kids on our comfy couches, take a nap or set up train tracks to circumnavigate the room. When I first saw this room, I was struck by the 8' window and high exposed beam ceiling. It was light and bright so I chose colors that would naturally illuminate.
The focal point I designed around was the natural wood Roost buck head flanked by archival school charts (lobster and bird) that stem from my father's days as a college biology professor. My recent obsession with mushrooms covers the fireplace mantle.
Friends joke our kids will have nightmares from the oversized Chinese ceremonial mask that hangs in our dining room. Found at an antique store in historic downtown Ventura, she's become part of the family. We think it was used in the movies or carried in a Chinese parade.
The red lips of the mask were the perfect color to pair the walls, a vintage red wood telephone booth door filled with glass, and our custom table crafted by my husband.
My 3-year-old son Sutton's room was recently converted to a "big boy" bedroom. Years ago I found a stunning oversized school map of the United States (chalk printed so you can write on it) that I knew would be perfect for a child's bedroom. We held onto over the years and it served as the perfect centerpiece for the "Traveler's odyssey" theme for my son's room.
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The Kyrenia Mountain Trail Association (KMTA) is a non-profit making organisation, which exists to promote, maintain and encourage tourism into the area. Sponsored by individuals, companies, and others, the Association has managed to be very pro active in making the Trail into a Tourism Product.
The Association was the first to 'way mark' a trail from Cape Zafer to Cape Korucam, some 5 years ago. However, this has now been superceded by a paint-marked trails system implemented by the TRNC Environmental Protection Department (EPD) financed by the EU Natura 2000 project. It has therefore been decided to avoid confusion and save on unnecessary expenses, to make use of these trails and the infrastructure provided by the project. ie Trailhead notice boards , information boards and Visitor centres.
The North Cyprus Tourism Department has produced a booklet called "North Cyprus Trails - Walking in Nature" which you can find at any Tourist Information Centre in the TRNC, while stocks last. Please visit www.dogakoruma.eu and www.simplynorthcyprus.com for more information. This publication is free.
We have produced walking maps from this booklet which we have designed so that you have all the information for each stage on one A4 sheet. From this you can work out your days trip by distance, time and difficulty. There are 16 maps that cover the North Cyprus trails. There is a small charge for these maps with GPS as a gpx file. You may just want the one map of the area you are staying in or you may want to walk/ride the KMT in it's entirety, east to west or west to east.
We have now incorporated our sister site North Cyprus Trails into this site so we can offer support not only for the complete KMT but give you ideas for the area you are staying in using the KMT in that area, along with other EPD marked trails.


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Fresh Meat: 10 new Android apps worth checking out
New apps need lovin' too, right? Every day there are thousands of additions to the Google Play Store, but many go unnoticed and never receive the attention they deserve. We've shown in the past that this community can discover great apps and propel them to new heights. Our weekly Fresh Meat column highlights new apps with fewer than 100,000 installs. Browse our new Android app picks below and let us know which ones you enjoy.
Description: At Babylon we are working towards a future where everyone has easy access to high quality, affordable healthcare. We are building the world's first integrated digital healthcare system combining the latest advances in technology with modern medicine.
Description: Put the internet to work for you. IFTTT lets you create powerful connections with one simple statement — if this then that. Activate your Channels and create Recipes on IFTTT! Channels are services like Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, as well as devices like Philips Hue, Belkin WeMo, and UP by Jawbone.
GRE Vocab Lock
Description: Did you know the average person unlocks their phone over 150 times a day? Imagine if every time you unlocked your phone you could study a new GRE or SAT vocabulary word! Unlock your phone -> Answer a GRE / SAT Vocab Question -> Learn a new word ( English words only)
Radio Disney
Description: The official Radio Disney App! Listen to Radio Disney 24/7 to hear the latest music from artists such as One Direction, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez and more!
UpTo – Calendar and Widget
Description: Experience a new dimension of the calendar: Your UpTo calendar has two layers. The front layer is your existing calendar. The back layer includes calendars you follow based on your location, likes and interests. Expand your calendar to reveal the back layer of events with just a pinch or tap.
Samsung Home Monitor
Description: Samsung Home Monitor is an application that you can use with the baby monitoring feature found on the latest Samsung Smart Cameras. The Baby Monitoring feature can be used with a smartphone that is connected to the same access point as a Samsung Smart Camera. It can notify you when noise is detected and allows for live monitoring of streamed video.
Background defocus
Description: Let the object in focus stand out. The Background defocus app simulates a shallow depth of field by creating a blurred out background. It captures two photos with different focus settings, which you can bring together to create a photo with one object in sharp focus, against a beautifully blurred background.
Moving Curtains
Description: Moving Curtains Curtain Design App is the perfect tool to help you visually manage your curtain design project. This new and exciting design tool will enable you to: SNAP: Take a picture of your window using the integrated camera function PLAY: Design your curtains using the many features available, including a choice of curtains, blinds, swags, pelmets and tie backs, etc. Once you have the basic shape and style of your curtains you can play with the colours using the integrated colour picker.
Yahoo Screen
Description: Yahoo Screen is the exclusive home for all clips from the SNL archives. Catch highlights of Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Tosh.0 and South Park. Enjoy Yahoo Originals and videos from Buzzfeed, New York Times and The Onion.
Snaply: Sell stuff simply
Description: The simplest way to get free and cheap stuff locally. Snaply works with Freegle, the UK's biggest "freecycle/freecycling" platform.
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A: Dr. Shubhada Dhage: Multiple risk factors impact an individual's risk of developing breast cancer during their lifetime. It is important to understand your risk, because it will be the basis of an individualized screening plan. Your risk of cancer is related to any of the following: breast density, your family history, your personal history, lifestyle factors, and/or hormonal factors. Women with density in 75% or more of their breast tissue are at increased risk of breast cancer. Personal factors such as drinking alcohol, sedentary lifestyle, and obesity also contribute to your overall risk. Risk can also be related to the amount of time your breast tissue is consistently exposed to estrogen, as it is during long periods of uninterrupted menstrual or ovulatory cycles.
In your case, you are considered high risk because you had a biopsy that revealed a pathologic risk factor that shows some changes in your breast tissue. It showed atypia (meaning not typical). There are other pathologic risk factors for breast cancer (tissue changes identified after a biopsy). These include atypical lobular hyperplasia (ALH) and lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS). These pathologic risk factors mean that you can be diagnosed with cancer in either breast. It is also a sign that you have an increased lifetime risk of developing breast cancer (1–2 percent per year for ADH or ALH, and approximately 2 percent per year for LCIS).
There are many different calculators to integrate all of the different risk factors for breast cancer. One that is commonly used is the Gail Model, which takes into consideration a limited family history, age at menopause, ethnicity, prior breast biopsies and pregnancy history. The calculated risk can then be used to determine how frequent you need to see a doctor and whether you need additional types of imaging studies such as an MRI.
Some women may choose to have surgical therapy to reduce their risk of breast cancer. This means they may have a prophylactic mastectomy (complete removal of the breast tissue) or a prophylactic oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries). Surgical therapy is only reserved and discussed in patients who have an extremely high risk of developing cancer. It is a careful decision to be made with your doctor to determine if it is the right therapy for you because there are other alternatives to reduce your risk that are not surgical. Medical therapy may also be considered, my colleague Dr. Douglas Marks elaborate more on this below.
Dr. Douglas Marks: I also find the Gail Model very helpful. Additionally, for patients with extensive family history including multiple non-first degree relatives with breast cancer, I use alternative models to characterize the patient's risk. As an aside, a significant family history can also prompt a recommendation for genetic counseling to screen for genetic basis for breast cancer (e.g. BRCA1 or BRCA2). Patients who are identified as having a genetic risk factor for breast cancer are managed differently and should certainly see either a breast surgeon or a medical oncologist to discuss specific screening and treatment recommendations which are most appropriate for their situation. However, in patients for whom a genetic cause is neither identified or suspected, three medications– tamoxifen, raloxifene and exemestane–are recommended by the American Society for Clinical Oncology, the leading oncology society for healthcare professionals. All three agents are very effective at reducing a patient's risk for the development of breast cancer (referred to as chemoprevention). However, they differ in their side effects and for which patient population they are most appropriate.
For premenopausal women, where ovarian function is still active, tamoxifen is most appropriate. For postmenopausal women, all three agents can be considered however, raloxifene or exemestane are more commonly selected. This is because tamoxifen is associated with small, but well described risk, for endometrial cancer that is primarily seen in post menopausal patients. Most studies have demonstrated an approximately 50-60% reduction in breast cancer with tamoxifen and exemestane respectively, whereas a slightly lower risk reduction has been seen with raloxifene.
As all the agents are quite effective, when considering a patient for chemoprevention, the patient's estimated risk for development of breast cancer as well as medical history factor into my treatment recommendation. Additionally, I always discuss with patient that while these agents have been shown to reduce the risk of development of breast cancer (both invasive and noninvasive), they have not been demonstrated to reduce this risk of breast cancer mortality or improve overall survival. The lack of survival benefit observed is likely for several reasons, but partly due to improved treatment options of breast cancer. However, for many patients reducing risk for being diagnosed with breast cancer requiring at minimum surgery, often radiation therapy, and possibly chemotherapy is sufficient reason to consider chemoprevention.
That being said, it very important to understand that having multiple risk factors does not mean you will develop breast cancer. It just means that the likelihood of being diagnosed with breast cancer is greater than for those with fewer risk factors.
Because risk is based on multiple factors, it is important to work with a team of doctors who specialize is breast health and who have a comprehensive approach to address lifestyle, family history, and pathologic factors. At NYU Winthrop Hospital, we have an established Center of Excellence for Breast Health where we can create a personalize risk assessment and treatment plan for all patients.
To schedule an appointment, or learn more about the NYU Winthrop Breast Health Program, visit www.nyuwinthrop.org or call 1-866-WINTHROP.
Shubhada Dhage, MD, FACS
Dr. Dhage is the Director of Breast Surgery Services and the Associate Director of the NYU Winthrop Hospital Breast Health Program, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery in the NYU School of Medicine and is fellowship trained in Breast Surgery. Prior to joining NYU Winthrop she was the Co-Director of the NYU Perlmutter Cancer Disparities Program. Dr. Dhage has conducted research in tumor genomics, patient decision-making, cancer survivorship, and surgical training. She serves on several national committees including the American College of Surgeons, the CDC Young Women with Breast Cancer Committee, and Young Survival Coalition. She has presented in national forums, published, and has received grant funding to support her work.
Douglas Marks, MD
Dr. Douglas Marks is an Attending Physician in the Division of Oncology/Hematology at NYU Winthrop Hospital, having joined the Hospital following a fellowship program in Oncology/Hematology at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Marks also serves as a Clinical Instructor with a primary clinical focus on breast cancer. Dr. Marks was awarded an American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Scholar in Training Award in 2017 and is currently involved in several research endeavors focused on better understanding the interaction between an individual patient's immune system and breast cancer.